Science isn’t about why, it’s about why not?

They are apparently looking to partner with an OEM to build them their own devices, I wonder if that would mean they can hire a full time media person who can do all the public communications so the security guys can focus on what they do best.

As a GrapheneOS user that’s my take too. The paranoid security-obsessed developer who is focused on making the best software to the point of being rude and isolationist is not the kind of person I’d want to hang out with but kind of is the person I want doing security work for the device I have all my personal info on. Sure it would be nicer if they weren’t so abrasive but I’d rather they channel an angry Linus Torvalds than some slick weasel-wordy Steve Jobs.

Ah, I thought I’d seen this story already:

There is one potential downside to the Risk-Based Update System, as highlighted by the folks behind GrapheneOS, a privacy and security-oriented fork of AOSP. In the past, Google gave OEMs a one-month heads-up. Now, they receive several months of advance notice for the larger quarterly updates. This longer window could be problematic, as it gives bad actors more time to potentially find leaked vulnerability details and develop exploits before patches are widely available. While the private ASB is shared securely, it’s accessible to tens of thousands of engineers across dozens of companies, making it conceivable that details could leak to malicious third parties. This remains a hypothetical risk, though, as it would require bad actors to leverage the right exploit on the right devices before they’re patched.

Nice! You’ll be glad to hear I’ve already spotted something new: the pokedex entries seem to have the right-most few pixels cut off so some of the words are slightly truncated. Also Electabuzz is still showing as “small” on its sheet, and Straigar still says “main” instead of “maim”.

You’re too kind to have included me in the credits, compared to how much effort you must have put into designing this whole system me spotting a few typos is really nothing!

I really appreciate all the work you’ve put into this, I’ve got a group together to play so my weekend is going to be writing an intro and a map for them!

Right, it seems I really went down the rabbit hole with proofreading so I hope this seems helpful rather than obsessive!

• Missing Data
  • p165 - Diglett has no evolution info
  • p238 - Scyther is missing, there’s a second Mr Mime
  • p249 - Vaporeon has Haze twice
• Typos
  • p20 - “strength” should be “Strength”
  • p45 - “but in and out of battle” should be “both in and out of battle” (I think)
  • p85 - “starts the battle against two opponents” should be “starts the battle against three opponents”
  • p92 - “the trainer by threatened by” should be “the trainer be threatened by”
  • p291, Bulbasaur - “timealone” should be “time alone”
  • p291, Charmeleon - “move down” should be “mow down” (maybe?)
  • p305, Gloom - “wretch” should be “retch”
  • p311, Poliwrath - “water of the land” should be “water to the land”
  • p313, Weepinbell - “it can split out” should be “it can spit out”
  • p317, Farfetch’d - “adapt” should be “adept”
  • p321, Cloyster - “Closter” should be “Cloyster”
  • p323, Kingler - “Pincer” in the Description should be “pincer”
  • p325, Hitmonlee - “This now only” should be “This not only”
  • p340, Luxwan - “Leep Slap” should be “Leek Slap”
  • p341, Straigar - “or main you” should be “or maim you”
  • p342, Wooper - “Temor” should be “Tremor”
  • Confusion - “swap” should be “swaps”
  • Mimic - “copy an” should be “copy of an”
  • Real nit-pick minor inconsistencies
    • Full stop is occasionally inside the brackets at the end of a sentence (.) instead of ).)
      • Do the Wave
      • p315, Geodude
      • p349, Elixir
    • There’s a mixture of angled apostrophes (’) and vertical ones ('), e.g. in Charmeleon’s dex on p291
    • Sometimes kph is used (e.g. Onix on p321, Doduo on p317), sometimes km/h (e.g. Rapidash on p315)
• Inconsistencies in size between full sheet and dex entry
  • Ninetales
  • Machamp
  • Rhyhorn
  • Electabuzz
  • Tauros
  • Articuno
  • Zapdos
  • MissingNo. (I assume this one is deliberate though!)
• Graphical Glitches
  • p222 - There’s one last tiny Vileplume on Comet Punch
  • p347 - Gyaoon has a vertical line on the right edge of its picture
• Rules Queries
  • There’s no mention of giving NPCs the class abilities, are they for the Trainers only? (I assume yes as it would make the Professor’s job harder)
  • p16 - Can conditions stack? If not then does a new one replace an old one?
  • p16 - Can you switch a paralysed or sleeping pokémon? Only confusion is mentioned as being cleared by switching.
  • p36 - If you’re a Cue Ball can your pokémon with Strength push others into water like boulders?
  • p50 - Can you use Elixirs in battle? (I assume no but it might be worth explicitly stating)
  • p50 - Any reason to mention both “special poke balls” and “great balls and ultra balls”?
  • p51 - Is there any point in catching an evolved pokémon if you’re at a high enough level to catch the lower one and immediately evolve it at a gym?
  • p58 explicitly mentions that you can’t switch against wild pokémon, can you switch against a single trainer? (p56 implies no but is not explicit)
  • Double Team is slightly ambiguous
    • Can you use it if there are no empty surrounding spaces?
    • Does the double move with you?
    • Would it be simpler to have the effect without occupying two spaces?
  • Skull Bash / Razor Wind - can you still move on both turns?
  • Metronome has results for 5 and 6 (presumably copied from Super Metronome) but only uses a d4
  • Amnesia - can it be used out of battle for “free” PP restoration?
  • p17 implies wrap/bind/clamp prevents movement but the Move says “or either moves”
    • Does that mean only forced movement by a third pokémon?
    • If so should it say “or either is moved”?
  • Swift/Softboiled/Splash/Transform/Mimic have no Move die, can they be used out of battle?
  • Meditate - how does it affect moves which attack multiple times?
  • Barrier - does it create an obstacle which can’t be flown over?
  • Poison Sting - is it supposed to always be a Basic Move? Apart from pokémon with it only Magikarp and Mew have multiple Basic Moves. (I assume this is intended it just looked inconsistent)

When I last played them Dolphin really struggled, but fortunately you can buy a Wii and the discs for a few quid each!

MRW I run git blame to find out who wrote this appalling hack

I imagine it doesn’t happen that often, but that’s a really nice success story

They made that a premium-only feature a while ago

It’s still not a guarantee. I quite liked neo/omega launcher but there are breaking bugs introduced in the last update over two years ago. Nobody seems interested in fixing them so I moved on.

(Of course anyone has the option of fixing them, and I understand that that’s your point!)

I don’t know if things are different at Microsoft or across the pond in general, but from people I’ve spoken to who’ve been given similar “mandates”, they’re not as compulsory as they first sound. If you’re reasonably good at your job and your manager is keen to keep you then you can get away with just ignoring these rules. More what you’d call “guidelines” and all that.

Ah, so FIFA but for Americans?

Relevant

• Mountains
• Mining
• Toughness
• BROTHER

Yep, it all adds up to me!

I heard they just spring out of holes in the ground!

We’ve got youtube face x4, we’ve got giant arrow, we’ve got a clickbait question, we’ve got RANDOM word CAPITALISATION, what’s not to hate?

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I’m not really a “plot” sort of gamer so probably don’t have a huge amount of experience to choose from, but Undertale really sounds like it fits the bill. It’s all laughs and jokes until it’s not.